KIRSTEN AINLEY
Biographic Data
| ID | 5791883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | KIRSTEN AINLEY |
| GIVEN NAMES | KIRSTEN |
| FAMILY NAME | AINLEY |
| SIGNATURE | AINLEY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1833-2727 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Resistance, power, and the new global ethical order
The ethics panel held for the ANU IR Department’s 75th birthday asked panellists to respond to the theme of resistance, power, and the new global ethical order. Vasuki Nesiah, Lana Tatour, James Blackwell, George Carter and Bina D’Costa painted a rich picture of the very political nature of ethics and the contests for ethical leadership currently energising global politics, as well as our responsibilities as academics. Inspired by their comments,…
The evolution of funding for the International Criminal Court
In this article, we introduce a new dataset on financial support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and examine how this support has changed over its two decades of existence. We first consider how the ICC’s overall budget has changed over time. Then, we explore the evolution of support from individual donor governments. In addition, given former Prosecutor Bensouda’s emphasis on the effective investigation and prosecution of sexual and g…
Resilience and the impacts of hybrid courts
The authors are grateful to the editors of the Leiden Journal of International Law, for their work in developing the articles and publishing this special section, and to Elena Baylis, for co-hosting with us the workshop at which the papers were first presented, and for her expert guidance and invaluable input to the Hybrid Justice project more broadly. We are also indebted to Claire Wilmot and Maddalena Procopio for research and practical assista…
From Atrocity Crimes to Human Rights
The Responsibility to Protect ( R2P ) was envisaged by its authors to encompass a wide range of human rights protections. In order to gain state support for the idea of the R2P , its focus was narrowed to the protection of populations from atrocity crimes. This article challenges the ‘atrocity lens’, arguing that the restricted focus is both practically and conceptually flawed. Practically, it has failed to inspire action in situations where ther…
Evaluating the Evaluators
Despite an increase in scholarly efforts to evaluate transitional justice (TJ) programmes, there is little agreement over what TJ is, what effects it could be expected to have, or how TJ mechanisms should be judged. This article contributes to the literature on TJ evaluation by showing how differences in understanding of the nature and value of the 'justice' in TJ affect what is evaluated and how findings are interpreted. The article parses the v…
The Responsibility to Protect and the International Criminal Court
The establishment of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) process and the International Criminal Court (ICC) were seen by many to constitute significant progress in the protection of human rights. However, these institutions are now in crisis, due in large part to their failure to prevent or prosecute recent acute human rights abuses in Syria. There have been two responses to this crisis: the first assumes that the crisis is caused by the current …
The International Criminal Court on trial
This article assesses the structure and operation of the International Criminal Court by setting out a case for the defence of the Court, a case for its prosecution and a verdict. Defenders of the Court suggest it has had a positive impact because: it has accelerated moves away from politics and towards ethics in international relations; it goes a long way towards ending impunity; it is a significant improvement on the previous system of ad hoc t…
Excesses of Responsibility
Since 1945 responsibility for atrocity has been individualized, and international tribunals and courts have been given effective jurisdiction over it. This article argues that the move to individual responsibility leaves significant ‘excesses’ of responsibility for war crimes unaccounted for. When courts do attempt to recognize the collective nature of war crime perpetration, through the doctrines of ‘command responsibility’, ‘joint criminal ente…
The Implications and Imperfections of Practice
Understanding International Relations
The fourth edition of this well-established and popular introductory textbook has been updated to cover recent developments in the field of International Relations and world events, whilst still navig
International Relations Theory Today
Understanding international relations
The International Criminal Court on trial
This article assesses the structure and operation of the International Criminal Court by setting out a case for the defence of the Court, a case for its prosecution and a verdict. Defenders of the Court suggest it has had a positive impact because: it has accelerated moves away from politics and towards ethics in international relations; it goes a long way towards ending impunity; it is a significant improvement on the previous system of ad hoc t…
Excesses of Responsibility
Since 1945 responsibility for atrocity has been individualized, and international tribunals and courts have been given effective jurisdiction over it. This article argues that the move to individual responsibility leaves significant ‘excesses’ of responsibility for war crimes unaccounted for. When courts do attempt to recognize the collective nature of war crime perpetration, through the doctrines of ‘command responsibility’, ‘joint criminal ente…
The Responsibility to Protect and the International Criminal Court
The establishment of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) process and the International Criminal Court (ICC) were seen by many to constitute significant progress in the protection of human rights. However, these institutions are now in crisis, due in large part to their failure to prevent or prosecute recent acute human rights abuses in Syria. There have been two responses to this crisis: the first assumes that the crisis is caused by the current …
Evaluating the Evaluators
Despite an increase in scholarly efforts to evaluate transitional justice (TJ) programmes, there is little agreement over what TJ is, what effects it could be expected to have, or how TJ mechanisms should be judged. This article contributes to the literature on TJ evaluation by showing how differences in understanding of the nature and value of the 'justice' in TJ affect what is evaluated and how findings are interpreted. The article parses the v…
Resistance, power, and the new global ethical order
The ethics panel held for the ANU IR Department’s 75th birthday asked panellists to respond to the theme of resistance, power, and the new global ethical order. Vasuki Nesiah, Lana Tatour, James Blackwell, George Carter and Bina D’Costa painted a rich picture of the very political nature of ethics and the contests for ethical leadership currently energising global politics, as well as our responsibilities as academics. Inspired by their comments,…
From Atrocity Crimes to Human Rights
The Responsibility to Protect ( R2P ) was envisaged by its authors to encompass a wide range of human rights protections. In order to gain state support for the idea of the R2P , its focus was narrowed to the protection of populations from atrocity crimes. This article challenges the ‘atrocity lens’, arguing that the restricted focus is both practically and conceptually flawed. Practically, it has failed to inspire action in situations where ther…
The evolution of funding for the International Criminal Court
In this article, we introduce a new dataset on financial support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and examine how this support has changed over its two decades of existence. We first consider how the ICC’s overall budget has changed over time. Then, we explore the evolution of support from individual donor governments. In addition, given former Prosecutor Bensouda’s emphasis on the effective investigation and prosecution of sexual and g…
Understanding international relations
Understanding International Relations
The fourth edition of this well-established and popular introductory textbook has been updated to cover recent developments in the field of International Relations and world events, whilst still navig
International Relations Theory Today
The Implications and Imperfections of Practice
The International Criminal Court on trial
This article assesses the structure and operation of the International Criminal Court by setting out a case for the defence of the Court, a case for its prosecution and a verdict. Defenders of the Court suggest it has had a positive impact because: it has accelerated moves away from politics and towards ethics in international relations; it goes a long way towards ending impunity; it is a significant improvement on the previous system of ad hoc t…
Excesses of Responsibility
Since 1945 responsibility for atrocity has been individualized, and international tribunals and courts have been given effective jurisdiction over it. This article argues that the move to individual responsibility leaves significant ‘excesses’ of responsibility for war crimes unaccounted for. When courts do attempt to recognize the collective nature of war crime perpetration, through the doctrines of ‘command responsibility’, ‘joint criminal ente…
The Responsibility to Protect and the International Criminal Court
The establishment of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) process and the International Criminal Court (ICC) were seen by many to constitute significant progress in the protection of human rights. However, these institutions are now in crisis, due in large part to their failure to prevent or prosecute recent acute human rights abuses in Syria. There have been two responses to this crisis: the first assumes that the crisis is caused by the current …
From Atrocity Crimes to Human Rights
The Responsibility to Protect ( R2P ) was envisaged by its authors to encompass a wide range of human rights protections. In order to gain state support for the idea of the R2P , its focus was narrowed to the protection of populations from atrocity crimes. This article challenges the ‘atrocity lens’, arguing that the restricted focus is both practically and conceptually flawed. Practically, it has failed to inspire action in situations where ther…
Evaluating the Evaluators
Despite an increase in scholarly efforts to evaluate transitional justice (TJ) programmes, there is little agreement over what TJ is, what effects it could be expected to have, or how TJ mechanisms should be judged. This article contributes to the literature on TJ evaluation by showing how differences in understanding of the nature and value of the 'justice' in TJ affect what is evaluated and how findings are interpreted. The article parses the v…
Resilience and the impacts of hybrid courts
The authors are grateful to the editors of the Leiden Journal of International Law, for their work in developing the articles and publishing this special section, and to Elena Baylis, for co-hosting with us the workshop at which the papers were first presented, and for her expert guidance and invaluable input to the Hybrid Justice project more broadly. We are also indebted to Claire Wilmot and Maddalena Procopio for research and practical assista…
The evolution of funding for the International Criminal Court
In this article, we introduce a new dataset on financial support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and examine how this support has changed over its two decades of existence. We first consider how the ICC’s overall budget has changed over time. Then, we explore the evolution of support from individual donor governments. In addition, given former Prosecutor Bensouda’s emphasis on the effective investigation and prosecution of sexual and g…
Resistance, power, and the new global ethical order
The ethics panel held for the ANU IR Department’s 75th birthday asked panellists to respond to the theme of resistance, power, and the new global ethical order. Vasuki Nesiah, Lana Tatour, James Blackwell, George Carter and Bina D’Costa painted a rich picture of the very political nature of ethics and the contests for ethical leadership currently energising global politics, as well as our responsibilities as academics. Inspired by their comments,…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · International Law and Human Rights (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · State (computer science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works)